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Bangkok University Chooses Etere for Broadcast Training System

30 September 2016

Bangkok University, one of the largest and most established private universities in Thailand has chosen Etere for its broadcast student training system.

The installation simulates an actual broadcasting environment and comes fully equipped to interface a wide range of third­-party devices for seamless operations. Etere software solutions deliver inter­connectivity between systems.The training system is used by students who are interested to join the broadcast industry. The installation comprises a playout system with Etere ETX, Channel­in­a­box, Media Asset Management and archive system that fully equips the students with a comprehensive faculty that simulates an actual broadcasting environment.The Bangkok University installation includes:

■Etere Executive Scheduling, a full­featured planning solution that enables short and long term playlistmanagement

■Etere workflow which enables operators to set up workflow actions that represents sequentially interconnectedactions configured to specified requirements

■Etere TV Automation, a broadcasting system featuring device control and media asset management in a singleproduct. It is also able to manage playlists and perform last minute changes in fast­paced environments

■Etere Media Manager digital content management solution designed to streamline the process of ingest,indexing, storage and retrieval of digital assets

■Etere ingest, a multi­channel, multi­format and multi­resolution recording software that is able to capture in realtime SD/HD media from virtually any video source, broadcast stream, FTP and IP stream to any cloud storageand apply it to any required workflow

■Bangkok University’s system is also equipped with NFS/NTFS File System Drivers. NFS (Network File System)enables a user to access a remote computer with a computer user view and enables the options of storing andupdating files as though they were on the user’s own computer. NTFS is the file system that the Windows NToperating system uses for storing and retrieving files on a hard disk

■Etere CAL (Windows Client Licence), an essential component needed to run Etere. The licence is identified bycomputer not by username and multiple users can access the same PC without additional licences. Thisflexibility is also reflected in servers where each server only needs one licence even for multiple processesrunning on the same server

■Etere ETX, a 4K IT­based solution for video management which is also a complete channel in a box equippedwith full IP in and out capabilities. It is also NDI­compatible